What Causes Throbbing In Left Temple?

Posted on Mon, 21 Apr 2014

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Question : Occasional throbbing in my left temple. Occasional pressure in both temples.

Answered by Dr. Guru (1 hour later)

Brief Answer: Refer below Detailed Answer: Hi, Thanks for consulting HealthcareMagic! There are various causes. But, important thing to rule out in your age people with this symptom is temporal arteritis. This disease, if neglected can cause serious complications. So, there is need to exclude it. However, Migraine, cluster headache, frontal sinusitis, refractory errors etc can also cause these symptoms. Anyhow, a Physical examination is mandatory to assess this since there are variety of other causes that needs to be ruled out.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar